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Re: Dcs
« Reply #90 on: March 01, 2016, 06:53:27 PM »
Sure thing Serenity, what are you up for? Voice acting? Script work? Testing?
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Re: Dcs
« Reply #91 on: March 01, 2016, 08:01:11 PM »
See Rule #4
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Re: Dcs
« Reply #92 on: March 02, 2016, 01:24:50 AM »
Being a Swiss air force pilot?  :rofl All you can do is fly around in circles.  :joystick:
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Re: Dcs
« Reply #93 on: March 02, 2016, 01:21:03 PM »
Sure thing Serenity, what are you up for? Voice acting? Script work? Testing?

Testing and voice mainly, I'm not familiar enough with computers to do anything more.

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Re: Dcs
« Reply #94 on: March 19, 2016, 08:23:28 AM »
Does DCS need a fancy PC?

My pc can run ah2 with everything maxed out. I can run ah3 but it looks horrible, way worse than 2.

Do you need to pay for a server to fight other players?

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Re: Dcs
« Reply #95 on: March 19, 2016, 07:28:42 PM »
Buck, DCS does need some decent hardware. Here's the minimum requirements listed on Steam.

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OS 64-bit Windows 7/8/10; DirectX11; CPU: Core i5; RAM: 8 GB; Free hard disk space: 30 GB; Video: 2 GB RAM card, DirectX11 - compatible; requires internet activation.

DCS requires no money to be spent on anything other than aircraft. [aside from a few DLC campaigns.] PVP is generally done with the Flaming Cliffs 3 aircraft such as the Su-27 and the F-15C as the Mig-21 and Mirage just can't really hold themselves in a fight very well.

However, if you're looking to beat the snob out of ground units, I will always preach that the A-10C is the best aircraft in DCS.

If you want a great aircraft, not the best in a modern fight, but an aircraft with the most character, and is probably the most fun and interesting to fly/learn, seek out the Mig-21.

Flaming Cliffs 3 costs $39.99, as does the 10 Charlie, but all the modules usually go on sale fairly often.
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Re: Dcs
« Reply #96 on: March 20, 2016, 08:57:06 AM »
Thank you
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« Reply #97 on: March 20, 2016, 12:08:44 PM »
The MiG-21 and Mirage suffer in multiplayer because they're study-sim models, while the FC3 planes are easy mode noob rides.
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Re: Dcs
« Reply #98 on: March 20, 2016, 12:36:44 PM »
The MiG-21 and Mirage suffer in multiplayer because they're study-sim models, while the FC3 planes are easy mode noob rides.
Not true at all. The RAZBAM simply did an awful job on the Mirage's weapons and released it far too early. The Mig-21 is obsolete.
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« Reply #99 on: March 20, 2016, 05:14:17 PM »
The FC3 F-15 is easy mode in multiplayer against the study sim F-15. Same with all study sim jets in the game. That's what FC3 is... A casual flight sim.
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« Reply #100 on: March 20, 2016, 05:17:29 PM »
The Mirage may suffer from bugs as well, but that doesn't change the fact that FC3 planes are basically cheating.
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« Reply #101 on: March 20, 2016, 06:23:26 PM »
The FC3 F-15 is easy mode in multiplayer against the study sim F-15.
Uhmm... What study sim F-15?

And I wouldn't say the study sims are at much of a disadvantage. Sure, The A-10A can get in the air faster, but the A-10C kicks the A's snob at attacking ground targets.

And the FC3 aircraft are cheating... against what? The Mig-21 couldn't hold itself against the Fc3 aircraft even if it wasn't a study sim, And the Mirage's weapons bugs pretty much limit it to looking pretty. Other than that, there are no flyable study sim aircraft for air to air combat.
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Re: Dcs
« Reply #102 on: March 20, 2016, 06:32:43 PM »
My mistake. I thought they had done a study Eagle like they did the Flanker.
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Re: Dcs
« Reply #103 on: March 20, 2016, 09:26:56 PM »
My mistake. I thought they had done a study Eagle like they did the Flanker.

The Flanker is rather nerfed from what I've heard, something to do with their missiles not working reliably at all...

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Re: Dcs
« Reply #104 on: March 21, 2016, 04:20:37 AM »
All FC3 missiles are messed up ATM. They decided to implement an advanced flight model for missiles that even includes keeping track of the missile's fuel, battery, hydraulics, etc. Unfortunately the guidance system is trash, making the missiles waste their energy right off the rail. Not only that, I heard the developer was basing the missiles' performance off of Russian air force tactics instead of physics. It seems to me that they have a twisted (or should I say old?) way of thinking, and I have little hope for them getting it fixed any time soon even after all this time.

As for study sim planes, there has never been an air-to-air fighter until the mig-21, which doesn't have a prayer against an F-15C, and now the Mirage 2000C, which does not have active radar missiles and was completely broken when it was released. You may be thinking of the advanced flight model that was given to the F-15 and Su-27. Not to be confused with advanced systems modeling. So no clickable cockpit, actual data-link, etc.

Fact is, a study-sim F-15C would have a much greater advantage over an FC3 F-15C because it would have more tools at its disposal for the fight like the data-link, radar that works better (track-while-scan is supposed to have an automatic pulse-frequency but doesn't in FC3, you have to change it manually and it won't show which one you're on), etc.
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